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Huo Chu was successfully re-elected in the New York gubernatorial election. Facing the failure of some voting machines, she insisted that all valid votes would be counted and that she would focus on education, health care and the economy.
new York State The election will be held on the 3rd and the Governor will seek re-election.Huo Chu (Kathy Hochul) Morning Tripqueens State Senator John Liu and City Councilwoman Sandra Ung speak with voters at the Flushing Public Elementary School No. 22 (PS 22) polling station. In response to the ballot scanning machine malfunctions that occurred at several polling stations in Westchester County that day, Hochu said that election officials were trying to deal with them, emphasizing that every valid vote would be counted.
Liu Chunyi said there was a lot of enthusiasm for early voting this year and voting conditions were good on the morning of election day. He pointed out that Huo Chu has continued to visit various places in recent weeks and will also arrange many activities on election day to actively win the support of voters.
When talking about the policy direction for the next four years, Liu Chunyi said that his focuses include public school resources, medical insurance and medical services, as well as job creation and economic development. He believes that these are also issues that Huo Chu has attached great importance to for a long time.
During an interview at the scene, Hochu was also asked about the problem with voting machines not properly scanning ballots in Westchester County. He said full details were not available at the time, and mentioned that it may have been related to the specifics of the ballot, but stressed that the election unit had contingency measures in place, and if other methods had to be used, ballots would still be counted.
According to the Westchester County Elections Bureau, some voting machines were unable to accept paper ballots that day. Voters can still fill out their ballots as normal and drop them off with staff for safekeeping in special emergency ballot bags. After this the votes will be counted as per the rules.
Huo Chu said state and local election units have prepared for possible emergencies, and election workers from the Democratic and Republican parties are also working together to deal with the problem. He hopes that people will not stop voting because of this.
Earlier in the day, Huo Chu also walked along Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills to vote with Congresswoman Meng Zhaowen and City Council member Lynn Shulman, and went to Fa Da Bakery to chat with customers.
Voting centers in New York City will open at 6 am on the 3rd and will remain open until 9 pm. Hochu is seeking re-election, this time against Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman.
Shortly after the voting opened at 9 p.m., Huo Chu won by a landslide and was successfully re-elected as Governor of New York State, officially beginning his second term.
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Hochu overwhelmingly defeated his Republican opponent Blackman shortly after the votes opened, and was successfully re-elected as Governor of New York State and officially began his second term, showing that he still had the support of the majority of voters.
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When some local voting machines are unable to scan paper ballots, voters can still fill out ballots as normal. Staff will put the ballots into special emergency ballot boxes for safekeeping, and then complete the counting according to the rules to ensure that valid votes are not missed.
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When Huo Chu talked with Liu Chunyi, Huang Minyi and others, he emphasized that he would continue to focus on public school resources, medical insurance and medical services as well as job creation and economic development and use it to win voters’ support.
